The program provides U.S. residency to foreign citizens who invest $500,000 in a job-creating U.S. business. Developers plan to use it to fund a convention hotel in downtown Des Moines.
The Des Moines hotel should still qualify, but the pro...

The controversial EB-5 visa-for-investment-program will be extended, with no changes, to Sept. 30, 2016 as part of the omnibus spending bill Congress reached Tuesday night.
The program lets foreign nationals get a green card for themselves ...

Through the EB-5 visa program, wealthy foreigners can invest $500,000 to $1 million in development projects and in turn, receive green cards for themselves and family members if the investment can be shown to create 10 U.S. jobs. The progr...

EB-5 regional centers and issuers take heed. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is pursuing litigation against parties in several EB-5 deals. We expect the SEC to increase efforts to prosecute regional centers, issuers and bro...

The EB-5 visa program, which is enormously popular with developers but criticized by some lawmakers as an unfair express route to U.S. citizenship for the wealthy, just got a five-day reprieve.
Renewal of the program – which awa...